Chapter 231 Hot Pot
After Zhu Biao read the imperial decree, he put it in Li Shanchang's hands and said: "The Grand Master does not need to leave Beijing in a hurry, and he can rest in the mansion to cultivate. It's not too late to make plans when Li Qi comes back."
Li Shanchang stood up holding the imperial decree in tears and said: "The old minister is grateful for the greatness of the emperor's grace. I just did my duty. I am really ashamed to be awarded such an honor."
Zhu Biao smiled and said a few words of comfort. Li Shanchang's current situation is not suitable for talking. Zhu Biao left after a while. Presumably many people will come to see him at noon.
Although it is said that the tea is cold, Li Shanchang's appointment as a grand master means a lot, not to mention that he is retired, not dismissed. Hu Weiyong and other Huaixi nobles must come to congratulate him.
But this has nothing to do with Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao only wanted to go to Yu'er when he was passing by the Liubu Yamen. It would be a bit of a problem for Liu Jin to say hello to the Minister of the Ministry of War and transfer Zhang Yuan's family to the capital. It's a masterpiece.
Liu Jin went as promised, and came out soon. Naturally, there was no need for such a small matter. The car drove straight out of the city gate, and Quan Xu was already waiting here. Zhu Biao got off the car and rode on the horse. When they met the cavalry stationed outside, they gathered together and rushed towards Fengyang.
After more than two days of hurried marching, we arrived at Fengyang Mansion. Zhu Xi came to meet him, and told Zhu Biao what he had done in the past few days. In fact, it was nothing. Zhu Biao had already made plans when he left. It was only a short period of time. There will be no surprises.
Zhu Biao rested for one night, and took over the government affairs again the next day. As for Quan Xu, he led five hundred confidants to take over the orphans and began to select. Not everyone can do this job.
The name Zhu Biao has also been set for them. There will be no Jinyiwei tomorrow, and Zhu Biao always feels that he is almost meaningless. Although Quan Xu and the others feel that the name is not powerful and domineering enough, they dare not refute it.
Zhu Biao also took a look at it. Quan Xu’s selection method was also very simple. First, he picked out the strong and strong ones.
These children have had good food in recent months, but their bodies are much stronger than when they were begging for food. Jin Yiwei is not only as simple as a spy, but also requires force to arrest criminals in frontal battles.
Then there is the selection of girls with outstanding looks. There is no need to say more about this. After that, it will be more complicated. It is necessary to take the postgraduate entrance examination, whether they can quickly memorize, or whether they can hide their figure as quickly as possible, or their eloquence in handling people and things. .
Many of these people are beggars, but there are quite a few articulate ones. In short, everyone has their own uses, and the same is true for those who are not outstanding in appearance but generally stupid in mind. They are trained to do logistical chores. Well, at least know the basics.
Zhu Biao didn’t take care of it after he had seen it roughly. Jinyiwei is far from being useful now, and at least it will take five or six years to be useful. It is still too early to reach the level of being pro-military.
Unless they take over the background of the Pro-Army Duwei Mansion in the future, their framework must not be usable anymore. When Mao Xiang died, Zhu Yuanzhang probably would have bloodbathed the middle-level cadres of the Pro-Army Duwei Mansion.
In this way, the pro-army Duwei Mansion, which has lost its high-level and middle-level troops, can be perfectly inherited by Jin Yiwei. At least up to Zhu Biao’s generation, they don’t have to worry too much about corruption. Of course, they must not forget to maintain it at all times.
Fortunately, the guards are not too difficult for the dandies who work together, otherwise they will be so exhausted to death, Zhu Biao is not easy to explain, after all, whether his children have been corrupted or not.
But this scared them too much. Zhu Biao passed by and took a look at them, and they rushed over to cry for their father and mother. They got up to work every day before dawn. Others kept dying, they were really scared.
Zhu Di, who is in charge here, also has a dark face. These guys eat better than corrupt officials, and they usually don't get whipped. They are all very energetic.
Zhu Biao didn't criticize him too much. They weren't criminals after all, they were just a little bit of dandies who used their father and brother's meritorious service to fight gangs in Beijing, so those who cried were taken away. If they went out, they would do their best. Just do the work, and send it back if you can't do it well.
Another half month passed, and the first snow fell this year. Fortunately, the work progressed smoothly, and the resettlers all had shelters from the cold, and with the cotton clothes and quilts distributed by the court, they must be able to survive.
Of course, the local poor people in Fengyang also sent quilts to their homes. During this time, the men worked and the women sewed these things besides cooking.
The snow continued for a day and a night without stopping. The common people stopped working, and Zhu Biao was invited to Haozhou City.
The magistrate of Fengyang gave up his mansion, and led his family to live in the government office. Zhu Biao was not polite, so he just needs to be promoted more in the future.
Zhu Biao could take a break at this time, work and rest had ceased, and the common people were staying at home, so there were fewer things to do, and it was enough to send a few officials to watch over him. Suddenly, Zhu Biao wanted to eat hot pot.
Fortunately, there were hot pots in the Warring States period, and the historians used clay pots as pots. In the Five Dynasties, there was a five-compartment hot pot, that is, the hot pot was divided into five compartments for guests to use. By the Song Dynasty, the way of eating hot pot was very common among the people. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, government officials and celebrities hosted banquets, and hot pot was often prepared.
This thing is full of excitement, Zhu Biao simply summoned all his subordinates, Fengyang is so big, not to mention that most people followed Zhu Biao into the city.
Everyone arrived in the afternoon. The magistrate of Fengyang personally prepared the ingredients. However, there are no vegetable greenhouses in this era, so there are a few dishes, but there is enough meat, especially mutton.
It was rare to be so happy, two more cows died in a fight in the cowshed, and Zhu Yan personally led someone to bring them back, and the back chef enjoyed killing sheep and cattle.
It was supposed to be eaten inside the house, but Zhu Biao looked outside and said, "It's not snowing too much, why don't we eat outside."
The rest of the people responded abruptly, so they set up several large tables in the yard. Naturally, the princes had exquisite small pots in front of them, and they looked familiar. Liu Jin, who was waiting on the sidelines, was a little speechless. ?
The rest of the people were not so particular. As the soup in the pot started to boil when the charcoal fire was lit, the small snowflakes fell into it and disappeared instantly. The rest of the people had already drank wine to warm up.
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(end of this chapter)